Homemade blanks are always much tastier than purchased ones. We offer you to get acquainted with a few simple, but at the same time popular recipes that will allow you to stock up on tasty, and most importantly, natural tomatoes for the winter.

The benefits and harms of green tomatoes

Before deciding whether or not to cook unripe tomatoes, you need to know what positive and negative sides these vegetables have. The benefits of tomatoes are determined by their composition, which has different vitamins, minerals and acids. In addition, the vegetable has other positive qualities:

• It affects important processes in the body and helps to remove unwanted changes in the organs;
• lycopene prevents disturbances in the functioning of the myocardium, and also complicates the development of neoplasms;
• serotonin regulates the functioning of nervous processes and helps improve mood.

Important! Unripe tomatoes contain solanine - a substance that can cause serious harm to the body and even lead to death.

In addition, tomatoes have negative qualities:

• the presence of a large number of allergens;
• dangerous for problems with the kidneys, heart;
• abuse leads to drowsiness, respiratory failure and headaches;
• violation of the composition of the blood;
• they are forbidden to be used by pregnant and lactating mothers.

Selection and preparation of vegetables

The taste and duration of preservation depends on the variety of tomatoes. Ideal for preservation are considered salting varieties, which contain more sugars. They are endowed with a dense peel and pulp, grow to medium size. Sugars provide the right environment for lactic acid bacteria, otherwise the fruit will be covered with mold.

How to make green barrel tomatoes

We offer you to get acquainted with several recipes for canning tomatoes, so that as a result they turn out like barrel.

In a bucket

We offer you to get acquainted with several recipes for making barrel tomatoes in a bucket.

Recipe 1

To pickle in a 10 liter bucket, you will need the following ingredients:

• tomatoes - 3 kg;
• sugar - 1 tbsp. the spoon;
• salt - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• chili pepper - 1 pc.;
• garlic - 1 head;
• spices and herbs to taste.

The cooking process is as follows:

1. Vegetables are washed under cool running water.
2. All spices are laid on the bottom of the bucket, pepper is cut into pieces.
3. A brine is prepared by dissolving the salt in 5 l of water.
4. It is poured into a container where the tomatoes are located.
5. A circle of wood is placed on top, oppressed and covered with a napkin.
6. Leave for 3 days at room temperature to start the fermentation process, and then cleaned in a cool place.

Video: pickled barrel tomatoes

Recipe 2

The following recipe will require the following ingredients:

• tomatoes - 3 kg;
• salt - 2 tbsp .;
• sugar - 1 tbsp .;
• mustard - 1 tbsp .;
• aspirin - 12 tablets;
• bay leaves - 10 pcs.;
• garlic - 1 head;
• horseradish leaves - 5 pcs.;
• peppercorns - 15 pcs.;
• greens and cherry leaves.

Cooking process:

1. Currant leaves are put in water, boiled for 10 minutes and removed.
2. Salt and sugar are added and mixed until dissolved.
3. After the water has cooled down, add mustard.
4. Horseradish is cut and laid on the bottom of the container along with other herbs and cloves of garlic.
5. Spread the tomatoes and the remaining spices.
6. Tomatoes are poured with brine, add aspirin, cover and put in a cool place.
7. You can try after at least two weeks.

Did you know? For a long time, tomatoes were considered inedible and bred in the form of ornamental plants. In America, the book on botany has a story about how a cook tried to poison George Washington with a dish from this product.

In banks

The recipes for cooking tomatoes in small containers are also successful. By combining different spices, you can create a truly unique taste.

Video: salted green tomatoes

Recipe 1

Consider a simple recipe for barrel tomatoes in a 2-liter jar.

Ingredients:

• tomatoes - 1 kg;
• water - 1 l;
• salt - 40 g;
• horseradish leaves - 3 pcs.;
• currant leaves - 5 pcs.;
• garlic - 5 cloves;
• dill - 2 umbrellas;
• pepper to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Vegetables are cleaned of stalks and washed under running water.
2. Garlic is peeled.
3. Leaflets, horseradish and dill are washed and shaken off excess water.
4. The jar is sterilized and filled with herbs and half a portion of tomatoes.
5. Top with garlic, pepper and herbs and the remaining tomatoes.
6. At the end, add horseradish and dill.
7. Salt is diluted in water and the jar is filled with the resulting solution.
8. The container is covered with a plastic lid and stored in a cool place.

Recipe 2

The second recipe will be a vinegar supplement. For cooking, you will need to have the following ingredients:

• tomatoes - 3 kg;
• greens - 200 g;
• garlic - 1 head;
• onions - 100 g;
• water - 3 l;
• salt - 40 g;
• sugar - 180 g;
• bay leaf - 3 pcs.;
• vinegar 9% - 1 tbsp .;
• allspice - 5 pcs.;
• vegetable oil - 60 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Pre-washed greens, garlic and oil are placed at the bottom.
2. Top with tomatoes and chopped onions.
3. Marinade is prepared from all the remaining components, except vinegar.
4. Put on fire and after boiling add vinegar and fill the banks.
5. The containers are sterilized for 25 minutes.
6. Close the lids and roll up.

Important! For salting, tomatoes should be without redness and brown fragments.

In the pan

We suggest you familiarize yourself with the recipe for stuffed tomatoes in a 3-liter capacity.

Video: barrel green tomatoes

Recipe 1

Ingredients:

• water - 350 ml;
• sugar - 70 g;
• vinegar 9% - 30 g;
• salt - 10 g;
• herbs and spices to taste.

Cooking process:

1. On tomatoes, cuts are made into which pieces of previously chopped garlic are inserted.
2. Tomatoes are put in a pan.
3. In a separate container, sugar, salt and other components are mixed. Bring water to a boil and pour tomatoes on it.
4. The product can be consumed after about a week.

Did you know? Tomatoes in botany are designated as multi-nested berries. Today in the world there are 10 thousand of their varieties.

Recipe 2

Cold salting of green tomatoes helps to preserve vitamins and not to lose the elasticity of vegetables.

Ingredients for a 3 liter jar:

• tomatoes - 3 kg;
• sugar - 3 tbsp. spoons;
• salt - 6 tbsp. spoons;
• pepper - 18 pods;
• garlic and herbs to taste.

Cooking process:

1. At the bottom of the pan put garlic, tomatoes with small holes.
2. Top with herbs and spices, pepper and garlic are cut into small pieces.
3. The brine is prepared from water and salt.
4. After it boils, they pour tomatoes.

Video: cold pickling green tomatoes

Storage Features

In order to enjoy the freshness of the blanks as long as possible, you need to know how to properly store them.

1. The ideal storage temperature is +1 ... + 6 ºС.
2. Under oppression, it is recommended to lay a clean cotton fabric in white.
3. When mold appears, it must be removed.

Useful cooking tips

In order to make the blanks perfect, you need to consider the following nuances:

• tomatoes are taken without damage and redness;
• the container is pre-treated with boiling water;
• before preservation, the tomatoes are soaked for 6 hours in water with dissolved salt;
• so that the tomatoes ferment better, they are recommended to be cut into pieces.
• Do not worry about excess salt, tomatoes will take as much as necessary.

As can be seen from all of the above, it is not difficult to make tomatoes that taste like barrel ones at home. The main thing is to have a desire to please yourself and your loved ones. Bon Appetit!